President Mrs. Pratibha Patil has left for South Africa from Seychelles this morning on the second leg of her two-nation visit to boost India’s friendly ties with the African country. Our correspondent covering the President’s visit reports, several agreements are likely to be signed by the two countries during this visit.Our correspondent reports that Mrs.Patil's visit to South Africa is another indication of New Delhi's growing ties with Pretoria.

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh had visited the country in October last year for the IBSA Summit. South Africa President Jacob Zuma was in New Delhi last month for the BRICS Summit and had paid a state visit to India in June 2010 in what was then his first bilateral visit to any Asian country.

A business delegation is also accompanying Mrs.Patil that will address the India-South Africa Business Forum meet. Trade between India and South Africa was pegged at over 11 billion US Dollars in 2010-11, of which imports were more than seven billion and exports around four billion. The trade turnover target has been revised to 15 billion US Dollars by 2015.